Office 365 cloud features do not work when using a privacy VPN

Anonymous
2016-07-27T20:31:21+00:00

When I have a privacy VPN active (such as Private Internet Access - PIA) I can't access the cloud features on Office 365 (such as online templates, OneNote sync to the cloud, Excel or Word saving to OneDrive directly, etc). I have tried 3 different VPN solutions: PIA, NordVPN and VPNArea and they all exhibit the same issue. Is there a way to solve this or to tell Office to bypass the VPN?

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-03-16T20:52:17+00:00

    By the way, since we've highlighted the fact that nobody "buys" a VPN and it's always strictly a "subscription" that's paid based on a period of time (albeit sometimes "for life"), I'm guessing that with the great reputation NordVPN has they would not fight very hard if a user asked for a refund on the remainder of their subscription based on the fact that it's not working properly with Office 365. They know it's a huge problem.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-03-16T20:35:33+00:00

    Yes of course they do Sir. Because all the time, people are buying VPNs, finding problems then coming to this site for help, not snarky comments. 

    If ur buying a VPN there is no way on earth you woukd worry about whether it will work with One Drive (or anything else). Why would snyone. Why would anyone but an IT expert know that (and we know that even some of them have been caught out!)

    People have slready bought their VPN. Let’s just try to help them indtead of giving thrm a hard time

    Are you done?

    This isn't YouTube where people get into parochial, contentious nonsense in the comments section. This is mainly a forum for tech professionals, although it's here to help everyone in need and anyone is welcome.

    Unless you're a moderator of this forum?

    The title of this thread in no way suggests that it's about NordVPN in particular, and the OP even states they've had problems with three VPNs -- PIA, NordVPN and VPNArea -- and are looking for any solution that will work regardless of whether that means going to another VPN service.

    And many using NordVPN and other VPNs are on "monthly" subscription plans that max out at about $12.99/month per four or five devices on average -- not a big cost compared to losing dozens of hours over weeks, often in vain.

    By the way, for all the others here, I guess my earlier comment that PIA may work fine should be qualified by the fact that OP does, in fact, state that it caused them problems. And now that I think about it, I tried it also and decided not to stay with it, which may have been due to the interface but I "think" was due to performance issues.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-03-16T20:19:15+00:00

    Yes of course they do Sir. Because all the time, people are buying VPNs, finding problems then coming to this site for help, not snarky comments. 

    If ur buying a VPN there is no way on earth you woukd worry about whether it will work with One Drive (or anything else). Why would snyone. Why would anyone but an IT expert know that (and we know that even some of them have been caught out!)

    People have slready bought their VPN. Let’s just try to help them indtead of giving thrm a hard time

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-03-16T20:02:40+00:00

    I'd like to support JayTech55 on this point. All he is saying is that the same "solutions" keep reappearing - it's a very long thread over a long period of time, and none of them permanently fix the problem, although they may work for a short while. He recognizes that people pay for NordVPN, but he is also stating that the effort to get NordVPN working as it should requires a lot of time and testing with often unsatisfactory results. As someone who is running a business, as he is, his point is that the benefit of switching to a provider without the issues this thread is trying to resolve is greater than the cost of switching away from NordVPN. He's giving advice based on his experience and use case. He's recommending that people save time and frustration in order for them to work more efficiently by considering a different provider.

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-03-16T19:40:32+00:00

    Why even post thst response? Has it crossed your mind thst people may have invested in a particular VPN, experienced problems and then arrived at this site looking for answers.

    Pure logic suggests that people would ONLY arrive to this site when they have bought a VPN and experienced problems, which completely invalidates your point.

    in the future, either try to help people or don’t bother to post such pompous hubris- redolent posts.

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